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June 28, 2001 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
K & J Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS CONNECTING CHAIN TO SCOOP BUCKET AND BOX WHEN SCOOP OPERATOR PUT DOWN PRESSURE ON SCOOP BUCKET CAUSING INJURED TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN BUCKET AND MINE ROOF COMPLETED 2ND WE 123 @ DR O N 7-8-01 ORIGNIAL LOST IN FLOOD MINERS VACATION FLOOD ON 7-8-01 NOTE MINE IS NOW CLOSED.

May 31, 2001 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
K & J Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE SHUTTLE CAR, TRAMMING FROM FEEDER TO MINER, HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY, BOUNCING THE OPERATORINTO THE CANOPY, INJURING HIS BACK.

August 21, 2000 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
K & J Energy Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED CLAIMS THAT WHILE TRAMMING 21S/C, SHUTTLE CAR IN ROADWAY 1BRK INBY BELT FEEDER, THE SHUTTLE CAR TRAVELED OVER HUMP IN ROADWAY, CAUSING HIS HEAD TO CONTACT MINE ROOF RESULTIN GIN ALLEDG E INJURY. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT INJURED IS ABOVE AVERAGE IN SIZE AND MAY HAVE HAD TROUBLE IN SMALL OPERATOR COMPARTMENT.

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